Question: Background A liquidator was appointed after Rock Bottom Pty Ltd was declared insolvent on 1 July 2018. The company's assets realised $14,250,000. This came from

Background

A liquidator was appointed after Rock Bottom Pty Ltd was declared insolvent on 1 July 2018. The company's assets realised $14,250,000. This came from the sale of the secured land and buildings for $7,500,000 and other assets which were sold for $6,750,000.

The creditors totalled $16,350,000, and were made up of the following amounts:

Secured creditor $9,000,000, receiver's costs when realising secured asset $150,000, liquidator's expenses $600,000, unsecured trade payables $2,400,000, tax payable $1,050,000, local government rates $300,000, staff wages payable $900,000, executive directors' wages payable (5 directors) $450,000, staff leave entitlements $150,000, executive directors' leave entitlements (5 directors) $150,000, unsecured bank overdraft $750,000, and dividends payable $450,000.

Question. require to rank above creditors and and calculate how much each creditors get paid?

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